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Convalescent Plasma Therapy For COVID-19 Patients

A paper published in Journal of American Medical Association has emphasized on the use of Convalescent Plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients. Further the U.S. FDA has approved the use of plasma from recovered patients to treat people who are critically ill with COVID-19.

Need:

With no specific treatment available for novel coronavirus disease and a vaccine at least a year away, countries can rely on this for saving patient’s lives.

About the Therapy:

It seeks to make use of the antibodies developed in the recovered patient against the coronavirus.

The whole blood or plasma from such people is taken, and the plasma is then injected in critically ill patients so that the antibodies are transferred and boost their fight against the virus.

Usage in Past:

The United States used plasma of recovered patients to treat patients of Spanish flu (1918-1920).

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